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This is big news. this is a win for clean water in nebraska. it makes us more optimistic that this pipeline will ultimately be rejected. >> danielle, can you take us through the xs and os on how the land owners got this ruling? >> we have had a number of nebraskans who have raising issues around the water issues. theyve been concerned about tar sands posing risk to the water. theyve been concerned about the route going through nebraska. theyre been raising the question of whether it is going thr...

Food. i want to show a picture, a satellite image for the fire. gives you an idea, which is where the fires are going on, red flag warnings across areas in the southwest. the pink, red flag warning. that means its very dry. weve got winds going on potentially causing the threat for more fires. this is the bigger picture. thats the drought across california. the governor declaring a drought emergency. california has a lot of water issues. they share water, buy water. this emergency allows them to...

Mercy, ambulance service. were trying to get through this. i think it goes back to commissioner carsons initial statements. let these guys do their job. try to get infrastructure back on. we had water issues. were working through those as we speak now. the police department and the fire department are trying to get in and assess these areas. let them do their job. there will be time to look at the damage later. try to get all the information to us. appreciate you all. >> okay. now wed like to ta...

And mercy ambulance service who worked through this issue. were trying to get through this. i think it goes back to commissioner carsons initial statement. let these guys do their job. were trying to get infrastructure back on. we had water issues. i think were working through those as we speak now. once again the police department and the fire department are trying to get in and assess these areas. let them do their job. there will be time to look at the damage later and just try to get all the...

Says. so even if the industry -- >> which is not ridiculous. let me just say it for the record, right? this is just as a basic kind of -- i think youre right. what ends up happening is you get this debate, right? the natural gas company says x and a group of activists say y, and i as a third party entering into this, i say the natural gas company has hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars on x being the case. im going to view it a little skeptically. >> i understand what youre saying, b...

store. gabby giffords survived and is still recovering. he will avoid the death penalty. after the hearing a number of survivors came together outside the courthouse. >> give up this hopelessness in this country that we cant do anything. because we can and we must. >> these taboo words, gun control can be spoken plainly in the halls of congress again. >> one of ways i believe we can make good come out of this, is to begin some common sense discussion about who should bear arms. what ha...

You cant see it well right now because there is a barge going up the river and series of barges, but some properties on the river side of the levee that are dealing with some water issues. they have had some levee issues there. they have had to do some maintenance on them, but, so far, things are holding. if you look at the situation from the air, all you see is water. yesterday our cameraman dave russ had a chance to go up in a coast guard plane and take a look at the damage you see. you see a ...

race getting more crowded in exactly an hour. we will tell you who is announcing a bid today. we do have a developing situation in oklahoma city to tell you about. a manhunt under way for two men wanted for shooting an off-duty sheriff deputy as he worked add a security guard at a restaurant. he was shot without warning, but the shooting was caught on videotape, which may help identify at least one of the suspects. major john waldenville is a 25-year veteran is now listed in critical...

>> the majority of the people who complain about high water bills have some issue thats not associated with the meter. many, many of them have either leaks or increases in usage through irrigation or pool-filling that they didnt fully understand the impact of. >> reporter: dont tell that to debbie scarborough or wilda cobb. while its unclear, the city is monitoring water usage at her home. as for wilda cobb, the city says something must have happened in a one month period for her billing to shoo...

Pool-filling that they didnt fully understand the impact of. >> reporter: but dont tell that to debbie scarborough or wilda cobb. >> my meter is working fine, and no leaks. >> reporter: while its still unclear what is prong wrong, the city is monitoring water usage at her home. as for wilda cobb, the city says something must have happened in a one-month period for her bills to shoot up so dramatically and go back down to just $34. >> i literally just -- this cant be real. >> reporter: cobb knows...